Quicky - any handbrake adjustment at the (cabin), lever end?

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Quicky - any handbrake adjustment at the (cabin), lever end?

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Quicky - Is there any handbrake adjustment at the (cabin), lever end?

Car rolled back for the mrs when she put the clutch in,with the handbrake fully on,(I'd left it on a slight slant,in gear).

Like I say,it was definately fully on,top 4 clicks,wouldn't go any higher,cold brake disks as well.. Tested it and it's cr@p.

Waiting for these summer storms to pass,lashing it down :roll: so I know I'll be getting friendly with the front calliper ends, just wondering if there's a quick 'nip up' of the cable.

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Post by red_dwarfers »

I remember Citronut saying that pressing the brake pedal firmly a few times with the handbrake off adjusts the cable automatically, not sure if I'm getting this confused though.
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in theory pressing the brakes and applying the handbrake with the pedal down should help, i don't think there is any adjustment at the lever end though sorry
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you should not adjust cables before making sure the calippers are adjusted up,

otherwise all you will acheave is a lower hand brake leaver but not morre effort at the pads,

red_dwarfers wrote
"I remember Citronut saying that pressing the brake pedal firmly a few times with the handbrake off adjusts the cable automatically,"

partly dwarfers

as its not the cable that adjusts in doing this, but just the self adjusting mechanisum/s in the calippers,

which in turn can reduce's the travle at the leaver,

the calippers are ment to adjust up in normal use, but usualy dont,

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Post by RichardW »

If the handbrake is coming right up near vertical, then one (or more) of the cables is knackered. A Xantia handbrake, once adjusted by standing on the brakes, should be hard on at the 2nd or 3rd click. Replacing the cables is not the nightmare job that it seems at first! Note that as yours is a 110HDi, Dave, you need a different, longer NS cable which accounts for the different gearbox.
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Recently replaced the cables on Cassy, and now her lever needs to come up quite far whereas before it gripped after the first couple of clicks.

I did notice that the replacement NS cable was slightly longer than the one that came off.
Replacement cables were from GSF where they only list one for each side.

Any ideas?
Trying to remember if there was any adjuster under the centre console when I took Juliet's off to do the matrix.
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the adjustment for the cable's is at the calliper end/s, but you should make sure the calliper's are fully adjusted out by pressing hard on the pedle two or three times (with engine running and hand brake off )' befofe taking up the adjustment at the cable's,

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cheers malcom
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